Plane crashes in 1986

276 crashes worldwide in 1986, with 1,781 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 276
Fatal crashes: 181
Fatalities: 1,781
First recorded: January 2, 1986
Most recent: December 31, 1986

Deadliest

March 31, 1986: Boeing 727-200, Mt San Andrés, Michoacán, Mexico (167 fatalities)
November 3, 1986: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran (103 fatalities)
January 18, 1986: Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, Flores-Mundo Maya (Santa Elena), Petén, Guatemala (94 fatalities)
August 31, 1986: Douglas DC-9, Los Angeles, California, USA, United States (79 fatalities)
December 12, 1986: Tupolev TU-134, Berlin-Schönefeld, Berlin, Germany (72 fatalities)

Countries

Manufacturers

Cessna (45)
Piper (30)
Beechcraft (21)
De Havilland (21)
Douglas (18)
PZL-Mielec (18)
Antonov (14)
Lockheed (11)
Boeing (8)
Britten-Norman (8)
Rockwell (8)
Fokker (6)

Aircraft

All crashes (page 1 of 3)

December 31, 1986: Let L-410, Sharypovo (Chernenko), Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
December 30, 1986: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Merrillville, Indiana, USA, United States (1 fatality)
December 28, 1986: Cessna 402, Joensuu, North Karelia, Finland (1 fatality)
December 27, 1986: Casa 212 Aviocar, Nicaragua, All Nicaragua, Nicaragua (11 fatalities)
December 27, 1986: De Havilland DH.114 Heron, Nadi, All Fiji Islands, Fiji (11 fatalities)
December 25, 1986: Boeing 737-200, Arar, Al Ḥudūd aš Šamālīya, Saudi Arabia (63 fatalities)
December 24, 1986: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Olathe, Kansas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
December 23, 1986: Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Pacific Ocean, World (0 fatalities)
December 23, 1986: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Mutoray, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (0 fatalities)
December 22, 1986: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Walcha, New South Wales, Australia (1 fatality)
December 18, 1986: Cessna 340, Tomball-David Wayne Hooks, Texas, USA, United States (1 fatality)
December 17, 1986: Casa 212 Aviocar, Caribbean Sea, World (0 fatalities)
December 17, 1986: Britten-Norman Islander, Norman Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 16, 1986: Cessna 411, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 15, 1986: Britten-Norman Islander, Guyana, All Guyana, Guyana (0 fatalities)
December 15, 1986: BAe 125, Casablanca-Nouasseur (Mohammed V), Grand Casablanca, Morocco (10 fatalities)
December 15, 1986: Antonov AN-24, Lanzhou, Gansu, China (6 fatalities)
December 14, 1986: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Cabo Rojo, Pedernales, Dominican Republic (2 fatalities)
December 13, 1986: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Caravelí, Arequipa, Peru (4 fatalities)
December 12, 1986: Rockwell Aero Commander 500, Hagerstown, Indiana, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
December 12, 1986: Tupolev TU-134, Berlin-Schönefeld, Berlin, Germany (72 fatalities)
December 10, 1986: Beechcraft 100 King Air, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA, United States (6 fatalities)
December 10, 1986: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada (0 fatalities)
December 7, 1986: Antonov AN-26, Moscow-Bykovo, Moscow oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
December 6, 1986: Antonov AN-26, Szentkirályszabadja AFB, Veszprém, Hungary (4 fatalities)
December 6, 1986: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
November 30, 1986: Cessna 441 Conquest, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
November 30, 1986: BAe Jetstream 31, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
November 29, 1986: Antonov AN-12, Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan (29 fatalities)
November 27, 1986: Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, Arauca-Santiago Pérez Quiroz, Arauca, Colombia (0 fatalities)
November 25, 1986: Ilyushin II-18, Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan (40 fatalities)
November 25, 1986: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Clinton, North Carolina, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
November 23, 1986: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Talon, Magadan oblast, Russia (0 fatalities)
November 17, 1986: Douglas DC-6, Congo Town, South Andros, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
November 17, 1986: Cessna 404 Titan, Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste (North Pacific), Costa Rica (0 fatalities)
November 12, 1986: Beechcraft H18, Pittsburgh-Intl, Pennsylvania, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
November 12, 1986: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada (5 fatalities)
November 8, 1986: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, United States (1 fatality)
November 8, 1986: Beechcraft 100 King Air, Brooksville, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
November 7, 1986: Beechcraft E18, Texarkana, Texas, USA, United States (1 fatality)
November 6, 1986: Cessna 401, Henderson, Nevada, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
November 6, 1986: Cessna 421C Golden Eagle III, Butte, Montana, USA, United States (1 fatality)
November 4, 1986: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Jacksonville-Intl, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
November 3, 1986: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran (103 fatalities)
November 3, 1986: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, Casablanca-Nouasseur (Mohammed V), Grand Casablanca, Morocco (4 fatalities)
November 2, 1986: Rockwell Aero Commander 520, Lucerne Valley, California, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
November 2, 1986: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Saint-Barthélémy, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France (6 fatalities)
October 30, 1986: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Hurhe, Ömnögovi, Mongolia (0 fatalities)
October 29, 1986: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, San Juan-Isla Grande (Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci), All Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico (1 fatality)
October 28, 1986: Grumman G-73 Mallard, Christiansted, All US Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands (1 fatality)
October 25, 1986: Boeing 737-200, Charlotte-Douglas, North Carolina, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
October 24, 1986: Learjet 25, Madinah, Al-Madīnah al-Munawarah, Saudi Arabia (2 fatalities)
October 23, 1986: Cessna 441 Conquest, DuPage, Illinois, USA, United States (1 fatality)
October 23, 1986: Fokker F27 Friendship, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (13 fatalities)
October 22, 1986: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Borlänge-Dala, Dalarna, Sweden (1 fatality)
October 20, 1986: Tupolev TU-134, Kuybyshev, Samara oblast, Russia (70 fatalities)
October 19, 1986: Cessna 303 Crusader, Bogotá-El Dorado, Bogotá Capital District, Colombia (2 fatalities)
October 19, 1986: Tupolev TU-134, Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, South Africa (34 fatalities)
October 17, 1986: Partenavia P.68, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy (6 fatalities)
October 17, 1986: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), Edinburgh AFB, South Australia, Australia (0 fatalities)
October 15, 1986: Boeing 737-200, Shiraz, Fars, Iran (3 fatalities)
October 15, 1986: Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, Travis AFB, California, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
October 15, 1986: Casa 212 Aviocar, Cabildo, Región de Valparaíso, Chile (11 fatalities)
October 14, 1986: Let L-410, Ust-Maya, Republic of Yakutia, Russia (14 fatalities)
October 12, 1986: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise, Denver-Stapleton, Colorado, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
October 11, 1986: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, La Carlota-General Francisco de Miranda AFB (Caracas), Caracas Federal District, Venezuela (7 fatalities)
October 9, 1986: Douglas DC-7, Dakar-Yoff, Dakar Region, Senegal (3 fatalities)
October 9, 1986: PZL-Mielec AN-2, Tiksi, Republic of Yakutia, Russia (0 fatalities)
October 5, 1986: Fairchild C-123 Provider, San Carlos, Río San Juan, Nicaragua (3 fatalities)
October 4, 1986: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Kelly AFB (ex Brooks Field, San Antonio), Texas, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
October 3, 1986: Cessna 404 Titan, El Rosal, Cundinamarca, Colombia (3 fatalities)
October 3, 1986: Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia (13 fatalities)
October 2, 1986: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600), Tallahassee, Florida, USA, United States (1 fatality)
October 2, 1986: Dassault Falcon 10, Haenertsburg, Limpopo, South Africa (4 fatalities)
October 1, 1986: Antonov AN-2, Jraber, Kotayk, Armenia (2 fatalities)
October 1, 1986: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Golden, British Columbia, Canada (0 fatalities)
September 30, 1986: Britten-Norman Trislander, Port-de-Paix, Northwest, Haiti (0 fatalities)
September 29, 1986: Rockwell Sabreliner 75, Liberal-Mid-America (Goe Welch), Kansas, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
September 29, 1986: Airbus A300, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (0 fatalities)
September 28, 1986: Beechcraft E18, Chicago-Midway, Illinois, USA, United States (1 fatality)
September 28, 1986: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Culpeper, Virginia, USA, United States (1 fatality)
September 27, 1986: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Dease Lake, British Columbia, Canada (5 fatalities)
September 25, 1986: Cessna 340, Crawford, Colorado, USA, United States (5 fatalities)
September 19, 1986: Embraer EMB-120 Brasília, São Francisco Xavier, São Paulo, Brazil (5 fatalities)
September 17, 1986: Grumman S-2 Tracker, Foça, Aegean Region, Türkiye (5 fatalities)
September 14, 1986: Britten-Norman Trislander, Amsterdam-Schiphol, North Holland, Netherlands (1 fatality)
September 11, 1986: De Havilland DH.114 Heron, Vanua Balavu, All Fiji Islands, Fiji (1 fatality)
September 9, 1986: Swearingen SA226T Merlin III, Mclean’s Town Cay, East Grand Bahama, Bahamas (0 fatalities)
September 9, 1986: Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Fort Campbell AFB, Kentucky, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
September 5, 1986: Antonov AN-24, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania (3 fatalities)
September 5, 1986: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina (0 fatalities)
September 3, 1986: Learjet 24, Detroit-Willow Run (Ypsilanti), Michigan, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
September 3, 1986: Cessna 402, Melbourne-Essendon, Victoria, Australia (6 fatalities)
September 2, 1986: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (8 fatalities)
September 2, 1986: De Havilland DHC-3 Otter, Pickle Lake, Ontario, Canada (0 fatalities)
September 1, 1986: De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, Tow Hill (Graham Island), British Columbia, Canada (1 fatality)
August 31, 1986: Cessna 404 Titan, Ylivieska, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland (0 fatalities)
August 31, 1986: Douglas DC-9, Los Angeles, California, USA, United States (79 fatalities)
August 29, 1986: Cessna 402, Mt Otto, Madang, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
August 29, 1986: Cessna 401, Soto la Marina, Tamaulipas, Mexico (8 fatalities)